Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15830, Curtis Dixon, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Dixon, Kurtis Lydia
W 15830
CONTENTS

Let James H. Bowen Aug 25/51.
186 any New York 1.338
Sydia Nixon
widow of (unl.) Nixon dec?
who died on the 22 d February 1835 of Jefferson Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Healey of the Regt. commanded by Col. Learned in the Mass. a line for 8 months & 21 days Mass
Inscribed on the Roll of W. and at the rate of 29 Dollars 22 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Aug t 1837 and sent to Abiel Ely Watrous Pa. U.S.
Arrears to the 1 st of March 1837 $59.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Sept., 14.57
$73.57
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Bo 2 Vol. 2 Page 106

2820
New York
Curtis Dixon
of Orleans in the State of New York who was a Privt Serg in the Company commanded by Captain Healy — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Learned in the Massachusetts line for 12 Months Sergeant & 15 Months Private —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 101 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Decem- ber 1832. and Sent to Adm l Ely Watertown Jefferson Co NY.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832. $152.49 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar. '33 50.83
$203.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino. Cromwell Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 81

No 99
Application of Mrs. Lydia Dixon for Pension act 7th July 1836
Admiral Ely at Watertown N.Y.
Admitted
Private 8 mo & 21 days
Admiral Ely Esq. Watertown New York

State of New York
Jefferson County On this 28 th day of July 1836 personally appeared before me Calvin M c Knight first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Jefferson and Lydia Dixon a resident of the town of Orleans in the County of Jefferson and State of New York aged Eighty one 9/12 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 - That she is the widow of Curtis Dixon who was a Sergeant Corporal and private in the army of the Revolution and performed Militia Service at various times and in many places as is particularly described in his, her late husband Curtis Dixon's declaration now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington and on which he obtained a pension Certificate, which was returned after his death with my power of attorney to obtain the balance of his pension - to which pension Certificate and declaration I refer as being more accurate than any I could make - She further declares that she was born in Thompson Windham County Connecticut October 23 rd 1754 That her Father's name was Levi White and that she was married to the said Curtis Dixon on the 28 th day of March 1776 by a Presbyterian Clergyman of the name of Bowmann - that she has been the mother of twelve children the youngest of whom is now forty five years old five of whom are yet living. That she resides with her eldest son Robert B. Dixon and that he was born in the year 1776 - and further that her husband the said Curtis Dixon died on the 22 nd day of February 1835 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period - as will more fully appear by reference to the proof heretofore annexed - Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me C M c Knight First Judge of J. Co. Lydia Dixon
I certify that the above deposition in consequence of her age is unable to appear in Court - C M c Knight First Judge of J. Co.

I also certify that the within applicant for a pension is of great age and cannot write her name
E. M. Knight first Judge
State of New York
Jefferson County Clerk's Office } I, Phebe Burchard, Clerk of said County do hereby certify that within the within affidavit purports to have been to certify that within the within affidavit purports to have been Judge of Jefferson County courts that his commission was dated April First in the Year 1835
State of New York
Jefferson County Clerk's Office } I, Phebe Burchard, Clerk of said County do certify that within the within affidavit purports to have been the within affidavit purports to have been is first Judge of Jefferson County courts that his commission was dated on the First day of April in the Year 1835 and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to the same to be his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal of said County this Twenty eighth day of July in the Year 1836
P. Burchard Clerk By E. D. Sherwood Dept Clerk

Sixon 10.075
admitted 3 mo sergeant 15 mo privates
†

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Jefferson County, }
ON this Eleventh day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, now sitting, Curtis  Dixon a resident of Orleans in said County, aged 79 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as here- in stated. At Oxford. Worcester Co. Mass. Enlisted for Eight months in April 1775 Capt. Asahel Healy Co. 1st Colo. Regt. Colonel Ebenezer Learned's Regt. Massachusetts Line. Marched to Norfolk and there was the head quarters of the Regt. and was not discharged under nine months waiting for the Connecticut forces to arrive. Was in the Battle of Bunker Hill - knew Lieut. Genl. Thomas. Brigade Major Brewer Genls. Heath, Spencer, Putnam, Warren - at the expiration of nine months discharged & returned home through Newbury, Brookfield, Walpole, Mendon, Grafton. Sutton to Oxford - making 9 months service February 1777 Enlisted a private for 3 months in Capt. Jeremiah Kings- bury's Co. 1st. Hancock. Ensign Sibley - Marched to Providence where engaged in fortifying the town. erecting Forts - expecting the Enemy up the River in the Spring to attempt to burn the Town - The Fortifications were under the Superintendence of Command of Baron Steuben - who was Commandant & at the expiration of term of enlistment was dis- missed at Providence Rhode Island & returned through Smithfield Gloucester & Douglas to Oxford - making three months October 1779. Enlisted a Sergeant in the Co. commanded by Capt. Woodbury - Lt. Leavitt Corbin. Ensign Sibley - for Three Months Marched to Albany and above there and was dismissed at the place which is now Troy - Genl. Lincoln commanded July 1781. Enlisted to go to Tiverton for three months, in the State of Rhode Island East side - in Co. commanded by Capt. Corbin Colonel Spencer's Regt. Massachusetts Line - & served at said place three months & was dismissed & returned to Oxford In 1786 removed to Pomfret Conn. 1801 to Palatine Montgomery Co. N.Y. 1805 to Denmark Lewis Co. N.Y. 1820 to Orleans present place of residence - Was born in Coventry. Co. of Kent. R. Island Octo- 1752 - the 15. day - age Recorded in Coventry on town Books Whole service performed in the Massachusetts State Troops Enlisted voluntarily in all the different periods of service - Never had a written discharge as he recollects - when he still was none given at that time to State Troops - has no docu- mentary evidence - nor knows of any living witness whom he can procure -

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present; and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
P. Burchard Clerk
Carlos Dixon
We, Parley Brown a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Orleans in said County, and Woodbridge C George residing in Orleans hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Carlos Dixon who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 79 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
P. Burchard Clerk
Parley Brown W.C. George
And the said Court hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant, was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Parley Brown who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Orleans and that W.C. George who has also signed the same, is a resident in Orleans and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, PELEG BURCHARD, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Carlos Dixon for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Court, this 11th day of September 1832
P. Burchard Clerk
   Services     .75 9 mo under Col. Leonard   .77 3 " " Bona Stanton   a Sergeant .79 3 " " Col. Lincoln   .81 3 " " Col. Spencer   18 pnts  

Robert B Dixons Petition for increase of Lydia Dixons Pension. Widow of Revolutionary Pensioner.

State of New York Jefferson Co. ss. On this 18th day of May A.D. 1887 Personally appeared before me James H. Bowen a Notary Public in and for the said county & State. Mr Robert B Dixon a resident of the town of Orleans Jefferson County New York, who being duly Sworn according to Law Declares That he is the son of Curtis Dixon who was a Sergeant in the company of Volunteers of Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War, commanded by Capt. Kealy, that he served and became entitled and drew a pension of $101 62 / 100 Dollars per annum payable at the Albany agency that he died February 22 nd 1885. That my mother Lydia Dixon then made application & drew a pension of Thirty Dollars per year & continued to do so until her death June 22 nd 1842.
That he has become satisfied that his mother was entitled to a larger pension. That he makes this application for the purpose of ascertaining how much & also to obtain the same. That he made proof of his identity and as the administrator of her estate drew the amount of pension from the fourth day of March until the 22 nd day of June 1842.
We therefore petitions the Commissioners of Pensions to make the proper examination & furnish him with the desired information and what further may be necessary to obtain the amount thus due to him as the administrator of her estate & one of the heirs.
turn over
Robert B Dixon
Subscribed & Sworn before me the day & year above written With my hand & Seal James H. Bowen Notary Public

State of New York
Jefferson County ss On this 28 th day of July 1836 personally came before me Robert B. Dixon of Orleans in said County of our said, who being first duly sworn according to Law deponeth and says that his Fathers name was Curtis Dixon - that he drew a pension under the Pension Law of June 1832 That he the deponent was born in October 1776 that he is in the sixtieth year of his age - that he well remem- bers his Father going into the Revolutionary war in two campaigns - That I have often seen the record of my father & mothers Marriage in the Family Bible of my Grandfather White - That it states Curtis Dixon and Lydia White to have been married on the 28 th day of March 1776 - This deponent further says that Lydia Dixon now applying for a pension under the act of July 4. 1836 is the mother of this deponent and that the said Curtis Dixon and the said Lydia Dixon lived together as husband and wife to the knowledge of this deponent, from before the said Curtis Dixon had performed his last Military service in the war of the Revolution until the 22 nd day of February 1835 when the said Curtis Dixon died - and further that the said Lydia has remained a widow ever since sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Robert B. Dixon
(M. Knight first Judge of Supt. County Courts)
I certify that I am well acquainted with Robert B Dixon the above deponent and that he is a man of good moral character and in all cases his word is entitled to the fullest credence
(M. Knight first Judge)

State of New York
Jefferson County ss On this 28 th day of July 1836 personally appeared before me the Subscribed First Judge of said Common Pleas Peter E Visger resident of Orleans in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose that he is well acquainted with Lydia Dixon of said town of Orleans - that she is the widow of Curtis Dixon and has remained a widow from the time of her husband's death Sworn & subscribed to this 28 th day of July 1836 before me Peter E Visger
M c Knight first Judge of said County Courts
I certify the above deposition to be a credible person
M c Knight first Judge

The Intentions of marriage between Curtis Dixon & Lydia Wright of a Gore of land near Lyndon were entered the 5th day of March 1776 & published in Lyndon agreeably to law for Samuel Harris Town Clerk
Curtis Dixon & Lydia Wright of a Gore of land near Lyndon were married April 4th by Rev. Mr. Joseph Brown 1776 A true Copy from the Records of the Town of Lyndon Sylvanus Harris Town Clerk Attest
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. Town of Lyndon Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace within & for said County of Worcester Sylvanus Harris the person whose name appears as Clerk attesting the above Copy from the records of said Town of Lyndon & made solemn oath that he is the Town Clerk of Lyndon & that the above Copy of a Record of the intentions of marriage & of the marriage of Curtis Dixon & Lydia Wright is truly copied from the records of his Office Subscribed & sworn to in this twelfth day of July A.D. 1837
Before me Peter P. Bacon Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss. I, Joseph H. Kendall, clerk of the court of common pleas for said county of Worcester. Do certify, that Peter C. Bacon, Esquire, within named, is a justice of the peace, in and for said county - and that his signature to the within certificate is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my name, and affix the seal of said court, at Worcester, this twelfth day of July, in the year 1837.
Joseph H. Kendall, Clerk.

No. 10,075 Curtis Dison
admitted
Adriel Ely
Watertown
N.Y.

No 10,075
BRIEF in the case of  Charles Dixon of Orleans  County of Jefferson in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy nine Years - 79  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted April In 1775 — 8 — Private Gen. Col. Ebenezer Learned's reg't Massachusetts line, Capt. Nathl. Heald's coy   Enlisted February 1777 — 2 21 do Capt. Daniel Day, Genl. Hancock   Enlisted October 1779 — 2 not full — Sergeant Comm. Sibley, Capt. Woolsey, St. Lend. Cont.   Enlisted July 1781 — 3 not full — Private Comm. Sibley, Col. Spencer, reg't Mass't line, Capt. Cont.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? 
not any
 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
at Oxford, Worcester Co. Massachusetts
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? His tradition is supported by the affidavits of a clergyman & another respectable citizen, whose credibility is verified by the Court 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
No
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. G. Dideon Examining Clerk.

Watertown July 28. 1836
Sir I herewith enclose to you the application of Lydia Dixon for a Pension under the act of 4 July 1836
By a Revolutionary soldier died between the 4 th March 1831 & the 7 th June 1832. having a widow, who was married to him before the expiration of his service in the Revolutionary war - is such widow entitled to the benefits of the 3 rd section of the act of 4 July 1836?
Your answer to the above will oblige you obedient Servt
Admiral Ely
J. L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Washington

99 Aug 4 Lydia Saxon Act 4 July, 1836.
J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Watertown N. York October 26 1836
Sir
On the 28 th July last I inclosed to you the application of Lydia Dixon for a pension under the 3 d Section of the act of 4 July 1836 - Having received no returns from it and knowing that Mr. Hungerford has no returns to applications made sometime after this I am led to call your attention to it fearing it may have not reached your Department
Your attention to the above is requested by you Obedt Servt
Admiral Ely
J. L. Edwards Esq Com r of Pensions
99

Calvin White

Watertown N.Y. Dec. 24. 1836
Sir
Mrs. Lydia Dixon, the widow of Curtis Dixon is very anxious for a decision upon her application for a pension which was sent to you on the 28 th July last
Yr obed Servt Admiral Ely
Hon L.L. Edwards Comm of Pensions Washington

June 5.
99
N.Y.
proofs
Sydney Dixon
L. Edmades Esq
Cosmopolitan Press
Washington

Watertown May 29. 1837
Sir
I enclose a Certificate of Sylvanus Harris Town Clerk of Offord Massachusetts, by which it appears that Mrs Lydia Dix on widow of Curtis Dixon was married April 4 th 1776 and was published in March 1776 - although this is not sworn to - I hope in connection with the proof heretofore sent will be satisfactory - if not I would thank you to return it to me by first mail that I may send it closer and get it properly authenticated and would thank you to state what will be necessary to make such Certificates satisfactory as town clerks have no seal of office - In your letter of 3. Feby. 1837 you state that Curtis Dixon rec d a pension for nine months service as a private in 1775 - Capt Nathan Healy; three months in 1777 a private Capt Jeremiah King; three months as sergeant in 1779 Capt Woodbury; and three months in 1781 a private Capt. Corbin - And upon examination of the rolls the first term is established to have been eight months, the second twentyone days & that his name is not found on Capt Christopher Woodbury's roll & no roll of Capt Corbin has been found - If the Christian name of these two Captains be given it is not improbable that something further may be obtained by a second search - I believe I made out the papers of old Mr Dixon under the act of 1832 but as I have no copy I cannot say for what amount of service he then claimed I remember he was then a very infirm and aged man - As respects his son Robert whose early memo- ry is pointed out in the above letter I can only say that he is a man of respectability & truth in the opinion of those who know him but I think the Judge

Thos. S. Certified
He says he perfectly remembers that his Father went out on two different times and that they were probably from the Clan of the war and I can perceive no great difficulty in or lack of 7 years remembering such an event - He does not pretend to know how much of service his Father performed but wished me to state the fact as he offered to show that his Father did some service after he was married -
Mrs Dixon is a very aged woman and probably mistook the for the date of her marriage the time of her being published - she states in her application that she was married 28 March 1776. The Town Clerk says she was published in March 1776 & married April 4 th 1776 - If you are satisfied she was married in April 1776 - she will be entitled to a pension for the eight months in 1775 and the twenty one days in 1777 - for which I would thank you to send a Certificate - The balance of the pension she will claim whenever she can find the proof -
Yr Obed Serv
Admiral Ely
J. L. Edwards Esq Law of Pennis

Jan 24
Mr. de  at
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L. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington

Watertown Jan. 16. 1837
Sir
You informed me under date of Nov 25. 1836 - that "Mrs Lydia Dizon's claim had been postponed in order to examine the Massachusetts Roll recently rec d & not yet endorsed. The index will soon be completed & her case atten- ded to!! - It is now near six months since Mrs Dizon applied for the benefit of the act of July 4. 1836 & she is extremely impatient for an answer
Yr obed Servt
Admiral Ely

Know all men by these Presents, That
Robert B Dixon of Albany Jefferson
Consejo
have constituted and appointed, and by these presents do constitute and appoint JAMES H. BOWEN, of Evans Mills, Jefferson county, N. Y., my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, with power of substitution for me and in my name, place and stead, to ask and receive of and from the United States any Bounty Land, Extra Pay, Pensions, Patents, Money or Moneys that now is or are due to me on account of services rendered, disbursements made, or expenses incurred by Capt. Dixon & the right of my mother Lydia Dixon to a Ransom while in the service of the United States, or on any other account whatsoever, and in my name to give receipts and other sufficient discharges, for such Bounty Land, Extra pay, Pensions, Patents, and money due as aforesaid, and to attend to and prosecute any and all business of whatever nature and may have with or before any of the Departments of Government or Congress, and, generally, to do any and every other act or acts, that I might or could do, were I personally present at the doing thereof; hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my said Attorney shall do in and about the premises by virtue hereof, divers good causes and valuable considerations, me thereunto moving.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15 th day of May 1851.
Signed, sealed and delivered } Two in presence of } witnesses..
Alison R Bowen Joseph S Bryan
Robert B Dixon
State of New York } ss. On this 15 th day of May 1851 County of Jefferson } personally appeared Robert B Dixon before me, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein contained
Samuel Skinner J. P. { SEAL. } Justice of the Peace
State of New York, } ss. I hereby certify, That Samuel Skinner Esq., County of Jefferson } before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Jefferson County Court this 16 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty One Isaac Munson Clerk.
Robert B Dixon

May 3. 1857
Petition of Robt B. Dickson son of Curtis Dickson of Cincinnati
FREE
James H. Bowen Evansville Jefferson Co. Ind.
To the Honorable
James A. Henson
Committee of Unison Washington D.C.

Letter to Adair Ely 3 Feb. 1837 Let to fund. June 19. 1837.
New York - Albany Agency
Curtis Difer a prisoner on the roll under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of $101.66 per Ann. to what time paid?
Decr 22 Feb 1835 p to the said
John H. Gary Esq. & Auditor Office
Yours &c W. Luce

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15830
Lydia Disson Wid of Charles Disson prior Rev War
Act July 4 th '36
Index: Vol. A , Page 184
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Watertown N. Y. August 14 1837
Sir
I enclose the bond evidence of the marriage of Miss Lydia Dixon widow of Curtis Dixon & hope there will be no further delay in the business of her pension.
Yr obedient Admiral Ely
J. L. Edwards Esq Secy of Pensions Washington

James H. Powell To Mrs. H. C. Heath Commissary of Pensions with Revolutionary Widows Claims

Evans Mills Jefferson Co NY May 16 1857
To the Honorable James E. Heath Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C. Sir
Herewith I forward to you the petition of Robert B Dixon son of Curtis Dixon for the amount of pension that is due to him as the heir of Lydia Dixon the widow of Curtis Dixon which will explain itself allow me to receive a reply as early as practicable stating how much there may be due & if any thing further may be required for me to receive the amount.
I understand from Mr Dixon that his mother only received a pension of $30. and am under the impression that she should have received as much as her husband.
Very Respectfully I am Your obedt Servant
James A Brown Evansville P.O. Jefferson Co NY